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SHEILA MATHEWS ::: Griffin’s Code Enforcement initiative doubling to four the number of officers enforcing city ordinances will begin Feb. 1. Citing the Broken Window theory, which is frequently associated with community oriented policing, officials have promoted the increased effort as a plan that will reduce crime. “If the first broken window in a building […]
AMY DUNHAM, EDWARD JONES ::: When you’re working to achieve your financial objectives, you will encounter obstacles. Some of these can be anticipated — for example, you won’t be able to invest as much as you want for retirement because you have to pay for your mortgage. Other challenges can’t be easily anticipated, but you […]
GALE BROWN SANDLER, GRIFFIN RESUME SERVICE ::: Happy 2014. It’s a new year with a fresh start and a great time to get organized. Get your new Day Timer Calendar ready, update your Outlook Contacts and get ready for success. Planning is key. Don’t just look for want ads. Take the initiative and determine what you […]
SHEILA MATHEWS ::: The age-old question asked of children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is one that soon will be taken much more seriously as all eighth-grade students will be required to choose a career pathway for their high school courses. Griffin-Spalding County School System Assistant Superintendent Denise Burrell said […]
DUSTY TAKLE ::: 8And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me – everything you heard from […]
If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to become more involved with the community or to give back more often, here are a few local organizations that could use your help. The Caring House Women’s Resource Center: Mission: Created 28 years ago to serve local women who are in an unplanned and/or unwanted (crisis) pregnancy. Greatest […]
ROBERT HAYDEN, DC PhD, FICC ::: As the new year begins, new portions of Obamacare are being enacted. New taxes, fines, and penalties await like predators in the night. The law has been illegally and unconstitutionally modified by the President 14 times in executive orders, making it more challenging just to understand the current version. […]
Abner is a goofy but shy American bulldog mix pup. He is relatively new to foster care, and he is still not quite sure that all humans have good intentions. He is a sweet boy with a good disposition, but he needs a little time and TLC before he will be comfortable with […]
ALEXANDER CAIN ::: An enthusiastic cast of five will present playwright Ira Levin’s 1978 play “Deathtrap” next month inside the Main Street Players Theatre in downtown Griffin. The cast includes Main Street Players alumnus Lisa Boyd as Helga Ten Dorp; Atlanta actor Lee Buechele as Sidney Bruhl; Robbie Burke as Porter Milgrim; actress Diane Dicker […]
STAFF REPORTS ::: On January 5, as result of an ongoing investigation, the Griffin Police Department arrested Mitchell Thomas and Micah Starcevich-Haas who reside on Meriwether St. in Griffin, Georgia for Entering Auto and Loitering and Prowling. They were taken to the Spalding County jail where they are still being held as of the time […]
AMY DUNHAM, EDWARD JONES ::: About 45 percent of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8% of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a […]
GALE BROWN SANDLER, GRIFFIN RESUME SERVICE ::: Recently several of my clients were so frustrated at sending their resumes into cyberspace that they decided to do things the old-fashioned way. They just showed up at a company where they wanted to work with a folder full of resumes. One even got hold of the HR Manager […]
DUSTY TAKLE ::: 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. 22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through the prophet: 23“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call […]
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